Hi I was wondering if you can help me.. I have been given a date to =
start my
training at catterick in the end of September. I was wondering if =
recruits
get leave over Christmas period and when does it start and when does it
finish again. It is just that I have my brothers wedding in South Africa =
and
need a bit of clarity

Ask your ACIO if the joining Instuctons have come on the system yet for your intake as they will have the right number for the company your going to. You could clarify the proposed dates with them but then wait till youe done abut 4-6 weeks and speak to your Platoon Cpl. Because you wont be a trained soldier at that stage (oly done about 10 of the 22 weeks) I couldnt see you would be on duty over Christmas and if your family have spoken to the staff in the correct manner Im sure thay would help you out.

Dont go in on day one and mention it straight away though as it might give the wrong impression.

If you look at the calender cmas leave should be the AD 21st dec to FP 7th Jan youre best off asking sooner rather than later if you can go, i would suggest it would be the platoon who have just completed CMSR who would be stagging on thats the equivalent of what other arms do at pirbright so about 12 weeks in. Or perhaps it would be like what happens everywhere else where its whoever fcuks up the most.